15-year-old accused of stabbing brother arrested by Longmont Police

Officers arrested the boy at his home in the 300 block of Chinook Avenue about 7:15 a.m. and was interviewed at the station, then transported to the Boulder County Juvenile Detention Center and charged with second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, a Class 4 felony.

Longmont Police said in a release it recovered the knife allegedly used in the attack, described “as a folding pocket knife with a legal length blade, below 3 1/2 inches. ”

The 17-year-old victim was hospitalized overnight with multiple stab wounds and is expected to be released Tuesday.

The stabbing occurred about 7:20 p.m Sunday during an argument at Faith Baptist Church (833 15th Ave.), police said.